Carl Edwards – NSCS ATLANTA ADVANCE
Team: No. 99 Aflac Friends of a Feather Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Chassis: RK-768 This car last ran at Indy where it finished 14th
QUOTES
Carl Edwards on racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway:
“I love going to Atlanta, it’s a great place. My first win there was huge. We always run well there and it’s a chance to win another race before the Chase starts which would be great for bonus points. To have success at Atlanta you have to have everything; a good engine, pit crew, strategy and drive really well. Since we’re locked in the Chase winning is all that matters right now. We’ve also got a really cool ‘Friends of a Feather’ paint scheme this weekend to kick off National Childhood Cancer Awareness month.”
Crew chief Bob Osborne on racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway:
“Atlanta has always been a very good track for Carl, and that would be a great place to get our second win of the year. We already clinched our spot in the Chase at Bristol last weekend, so now we can just focus on winning. It would be nice to get those extra bonus points before the Chase begins in two weeks. We’ve also got a special “Friends of a Feather” Aflac car this weekend. Putting that in victory lane would be a great way to honor the staff and kids at the Aflac Cancer Center.”
FAST FACTS
* CARL EDWARDS enters Atlanta fourth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings, 35 markers behind leader Kyle Busch, and has clinched his spot in the 2011 Chase. He has earned one win, 10 top-five and 15 top-10 finishes this season, along with two poles.
* FOR THE RECORD… In 13 starts at the 1.54-mile Atlanta track, Edwards has three wins, seven top-five and nine top-10 finishes. His average start is 10.4, and his average finish is 14.2. Edwards has completed 3993 of 4250 (94%) laps attempted at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
* IN THE LOOP… According to NASCAR’s Loop Statistics compiled over the last 13 races at Atlanta, Edwards has turned 316 of the track’s fastest laps which is a series high, spent 2,952 laps (75.2%) in the top 15 and led a total of 316 laps. Edwards’ driver rating is third best among active drivers.
* ON THE TRACK…The No. 99 will carry the Aflac Friends of a Feather paint scheme at Atlanta this weekend. The crew will unload RK-768 which last ran at Indy where Edwards finished 14th, and also ran Kansas where he finished fifth.
* REWIND, ATLANTA, SEPTEMBER 2010… On the final restart Tony Stewart was able to get by Edwards forcing him to settle for a runner-up finish. However, the second-place finish was good enough to clinch his place in the 2010 Chase.
